Railway-passage ticket.



Patented June 23, 1914.

FN nnmpmmm IN VENTOR.

J. D. GIBBS.

RAILWAY PASSAGE TICKET.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 27, 1911.

WITNESSES.'

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES D. GIBBS, OE LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOE To GIBBs-INMANCOMPANY, OE LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, A CORPORATION OE KENTUCKY.

RAILWAY-PASSAGE TICKET.`

Liconsa.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented June 23, 1914.

Application led November 27, 19-11. Serial N o. 662,751.

To all whom it may conc-em Be it known that I, JAMES D. GIBBs, a citizenof the United ,f States residing at Louisville, in the county ofjefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Railway-Passage Tickets, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to the class of tickets known las exchange tickets,by which vis meant tickets which are not sold directly for a certainrate or money consideration, but which are given in exchange for thecoupons or detachment from a mileage or scrip ticket previously sold ata reduced rate, and the object of my ticket is to facilitate the work ofthe ticket agent and minimize the time required to issue it.

Heretofore it has been the practice of ticket agents to insert in boththe passage coupon and stub of a book ticket, with pen and ink orindelible pencil, the name of the Stations from and to which the ticketis to be used, the number of the mileage or scrip ticket from which thecoupons Vhave been taken in exchange, the name of the railway issuingsaid mileage or scrip ticket, and frequently the date limit of theexchange ticket, after which it is detached from the book and stamped byagent on back of both the passage coupon and the stubL This process isnot only burdensome to the ticket agent but very annoying` to thetraveling public, causing many travelers to miss their trains andbringing forth much criticism.

It is the object of my ticket to obviate much of this difficulty, toaccomplish which lf print the twoi arts of the ticket substantially in.duplicate, but on Opposing sides of the paper so that when folded, the

blank spaces of the passage portion, including'a xed space for agentsstamp, exactly register or correspond as to location with the identicalspaces on the stub portion, whereby, throu h the a plication o acarbon-coated sur ace on tile back of the passage portion of the ticket,all enor pencil impressions thereon are trans erred to the stub portionleaving an exact duplicate of all marks made upon the passage ticket.

With reference to accompanyin drawing: Figure 1 represents my tic et,un-

folded, showing the carbonized surface, a, on back of passage portion A,and exposing thel printed matter on the stub portion B. Fig. Qris theticket folded in normal position for agents use, showing face of thepassage coupon A, and having the and stamp impressions 1t to validpassage on erably, of a rubber band. It will be seen Ithat the agentmerely removes the uppermost ticket from the pack, inserts withindelible pencil or pen, on the passage coupon only, the name of stationto whlch ticket is to be honored, the number of the mileage or scri bookpresented by passenger, and the initials of theissuing railway; then, byone impression upon the face of the folded ticket of the agents stamp,b, embracing the name of the railway, Selling date and name-of stationfrom which the ticket is to be good for passage, the agents work iscompleted and it only remains for him 'to separate the two coupons,handing one to the passenger and retaining the other for his record.

Having thusl described my inventlon, what I c aim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A railway ticket comprising a single sheet having a weakened line forfolding and separation and providing two sections, one section bearingprinted matter on the obverse face constituting a passage portion andthe other section bearing printed matter on its reverse faceconstituting a stub, the opposite faces of each section being providedwith appropriately designated spaces for inserted matter so located asto be in register when the passage section is folded upon the stubsectlon, the assage portion having on its un rinted acea transfer-coating correspon ing in position to the spaces for inserted matter.

JAMES -DQ GIBBS.

Witnesses: p v

HENRY H. FRENKE, C. W. EAKEN.

